Though the movie features talented actors like Om Puri and Govind Namdev, it failed to impress reviewers. Here’s what critics had to say:

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Gaurav Malani wrote in The Times of India newspaper that for a film trying to cover a serious issue, the movie had its priorities in the wrong place.

“Everything from the acting to direction is amateurish,” wrote Mr. Malani. “You can’t have an issue-based film which invests more runtime on a campus song, a love ballad, a honeymoon song, a separation song, a hogwash love story and what not.”

“There is absolute disregard in delving deep into the history, origin, logic or rural belief behind same-clan marriages and the film touches the theme of honor killings only on an external level with the intent to sensationalize,” he added.

Film critic Anaam, writing on entertainment portal Glamsham.com, said that the movie “tries to do too many things at the same time and fails to do justice to the cause it intended to serve. It is neither a serious film nor a love story with great commercial possibilities.”

Calling it a “box-office disaster”, he said the movie was “badly conceived, developed, written, performed.”

“The issue raised in the film is very serious. Keeping the sensitivity of the issue in mind, the movie could have been treated in a much better way,” it wrote.

“The star cast is good and strong, but most of [the] actors have been wasted. The director could have done away with the meaningless songs and focused more on the content,” it adds.

However, film reviewer Taran Adarsh, on the website Bollywoodhungama.com, called the film “palatable” and an “honest effort that deserves to be encouraged.”

He wrote that while the movie would have been better “had it been a songless film, one cannot deny that the director, who has also penned the film, has made an earnest effort to make a persuasive film.”

Please leave your own views in the Comments section after you watch the movie and tell us whether the critics got it right or not.

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